Jake Sawyer

Do their actions match their words?

Rep. Jake Sawyer measured against their own campaign promises and claims.

3 working on it · 1 waiting on votes · 1 no action yet (of 5 promises)

• Cost of livingWork on legislation to reduce and stabilize household costs.Working on it

  ● What they said: on the record✓ Bills: matches✓ Votes: matches

  Sponsored H.B. 493 (pricing accuracy for consumer products), which became law. Raised concern in committee that H.B. 119 would raise insurance premiums. No sponsored bill directly targets housing, utility, or tax costs. On the House floor he voted for both bills lowering the income tax rate (S.B. 60 and H.B. 235), the one-time gas tax cut (H.B. 575), and the child tax credit expansion (H.B. 290), and against the nicotine tax increase (H.B. 337), the new targeted advertising tax (S.B. 287), and H.B. 192, which removed the $40 cap on vehicle safety inspection fees.

• HousingBuild more housing by cutting regulations that raise costs and slow construction.Working on it

  ● What they said: on the record– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  No housing bills sponsored in 2026. On the House floor he asked to tighten the 80–120% area-median-income range in H.B. 492 and asked whether H.B. 520 studies affordability or availability. He voted for H.B. 492 (a $100 million fund for infrastructure supporting planned housing, with priority for starter homes), H.B. 436 (a transportation-funding bonus for cities whose housing supply grows 2.5% or more), H.B. 544 (single-family home applications on older county parcels), and H.B. 41 (removing the sprinkler requirement for homes in wildland-urban interface areas). He voted against H.B. 68, which consolidated state housing programs into one office (the sponsor described it as no new spending or positions), against S.B. 277 (removing the interest rate cap on the state's housing construction loans; it failed), and against H.C.R. 6, which recognizes the Utah Housing Strategic Plan.

• Property taxesUse state authority to slow the rise of property taxes.Working on it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  No property-tax bills sponsored in 2026. H.B. 161 (Property Tax Modifications) did not reach a House vote. He voted for H.B. 300, which ended the yearly requirement that school districts raise property tax rates as home values rise (signed); H.B. 236 and H.B. 365, which require earlier public notice of local property tax increases; S.B. 238 (residential exemption applications); and H.B. 124 (one-time application for the disabled veteran exemption), which passed the House but did not receive a Senate vote. He voted for S.B. 78, which would have turned the state-funded abatement into a repayable deferral and repealed the renter's credit; it failed in the House.

• Separation of powersProtect and strengthen the separation of powers between the branches.Waiting on votes

  ● What they said: on the record– Bills: nothing found● Votes: on the record

  Voted for H.B. 392, which created a three-judge court for challenges to state laws, and for H.B. 366 on 3rd reading and again on concurrence, after the Senate added a provision letting either side move cases against the state to that panel. Supporters and opponents disagree on whether these bills protect or weaken the separation of powers, so the vote alone does not settle this promise. In committee he objected to exempting government fleets from rules that apply to citizens (H.B. 263).

• CommunicationHold regular town halls and online discussions.No action yet

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found– Votes: nothing found

  Not part of the legislative record. Could be checked against a list of town halls held, if one is published.

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Do they follow their party's stated positions?

Rep. Jake Sawyer measured against the Utah Republican Party platform.

Typical House Republican: 100%.

4 sided with it · 1 mixed · 3 no record on it (of 8 positions)

• Right to lifeWe strongly support adoption and oppose abortion, except to preserve the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest.No record on it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found– Votes: nothing found

  None of these bills reached a House floor vote. Bills checked: H.B. 232.

• Right to workWe support the Utah Right to Work Law.No record on it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found– Votes: nothing found

  None of these bills reached a House floor vote. Bills checked: S.B. 178.

• Immigration enforcementWe believe that current laws against employing illegal immigrants should be vigorously enforcedMixed

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  Voted with this plank 1 of 2 times. Bills checked: H.B. 294, H.B. 386, H.B. 287.

• Parental rightsWe affirm that parents have the fundamental right and primary responsibility to direct the upbringing of their childrenSided with it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  Voted with this plank 1 of 1 times. Bills checked: H.B. 259.

• Lower taxesHowever, we recognize that the power to tax is also the power to control…Sided with it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  Voted with this plank 2 of 2 times. Bills checked: S.B. 60, H.B. 235.

• Right to bear armsWe support the individual constitutionally-protected right of the people to keep and bear arms…Sided with it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  Voted with this plank 3 of 3 times. Bills checked: H.B. 84, H.B. 214, H.B. 101.

• Religious freedomWe claim freedom of religion for every citizen and expect the protection of government…Sided with it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found✓ Votes: matches

  Voted with this plank 3 of 3 times. Bills checked: S.B. 174, H.B. 204, S.B. 268.

• Work requirements for welfareWe support requiring welfare recipients to work towards self-sufficiency.No record on it

  – What they said: nothing found– Bills: nothing found– Votes: nothing found

  They didn't vote on these bills on the House floor. Bills checked: H.B. 471.

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